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Raymond Arthur Babcock papers, 1884-1961 (bulk 1917-1918).
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Raymond Arthur Babcock papers, 1884-1961 (bulk 1917-1918)Creator/Contributor:
Babcock, Raymond Arthur, 1889-1961, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Army., Ambulance Company, 364th.Creator/Contributor:
United States, Army.Creator/Contributor:
Hahnemann Medical College of the PacificCreator/Contributor:
California, Board of Medical Examiners.Abstract:
Contains mostly materials from Dr. Raymond Babcock's military service as a surgeon in France during World War I. Materials
include notebooks, field medical training manuals, lectures, reports, official correspondence, German and French language
translation books, and newspapers. Newspapers include The Ambulator, Stars and Stripes, and the Dispatch Democrat (Mendocino
County). Typescript transcripts of relevant articles in the newspapers are also included with the collection. Also includes
a few white line architectural drawings of field hospitals, etc. Also contains a small amount of personal material concerning
Dr. Babcock's career as a rural doctor and surgeon serving Willits, California and the surrounding areas. Materials for this
portion of the papers include his biography, diploma from Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific (1907), California Board
of Medical Examiners certificate (1913), and business license and tax receipts from the city of Willits, California.
Digital files include transcribed World War I Ambulator articles.
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1917 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us--- -- e-fr---Medical personnel -- In-service training -- United States
Physicians -- California -- Mendocino County
Physicians -- California -- Ukiah
Physicians -- California -- Willits
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France
Personnel médical -- Formation en cours d'emploi -- États-Unis
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Soins médicaux -- États-Unis
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Soins médicaux -- France
Médecins -- Californie -- Mendocino (Comté)
Armed Forces -- Surgeons
Freemasonry
Medical care
Medical personnel -- In-service training
Physicians
California
California -- Mendocino County
California -- Ukiah
California -- Willits
France
United States
United States. -- Army -- Surgeons
United States. -- Army. -- Ambulance Company, 364th.
Freemasons -- California
Francs-maçons -- Californie
Freemasons
United States. -- Army
Babcock, Raymond Arthur -- 1889-1961 -- Archives
Babcock, Raymond Arthur -- 1889-1961 -- Freemasonry
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Purchase from Oakland Museum Women's Board; 2017.
Maps transferred to the Map Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Objects transferred to the Object Collections of The Bancroft Library
Digital materials transferred to the Digital Collections of the Bancroft Library.
Doctor Raymond Arthur Babcock (born November 18, 1889 ; died June 7, 1961) was born and raised in Ukiah, California in Mendocino
County. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific in San Francisco in 1913 and at the age of 28 served as
captain and officer in charge of the 364th Masonic Ambulance Corps during World War I, earning a Silver Star for his service
in the Battle of the Argonne, France. After the war, he returned to Willits, California and became a renowned local doctor
credited with starting Howard Hospital, the first for Willits. His home at 96 Humboldt Street in Willits is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Babcock is buried in Ukiah Cemetery.
The Masonic Ambulance Corps of California was started by a young group of Master Masons in 1917 and became the 364th Ambulance
Company, 316th Sanitary Train, 91st Division, United States Army, serving until 1919. On August 4,1917, the troops left San
Francisco for training at Camp Lewis in Washington, ultimately making their way to the front lines of WWI in France.
Raymond Arthur Babcock papers, BANC MSS 2017/238, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
artifacts (object genre)Born digital.
Archives
Architectural drawings.
Military manuals.
Legal instruments.
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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to view materials.